British working men and their American counterparts on exchange visit in the United States. The group enter a building of the Star Electric Motor Company. Inside they are seen sitting in on a labor-management committee meeting. The British workers ask whether the company's worker suggestion program is successful. The company managers say it has and helped increase war production. The British ask about having any deadlocks in labor-management relations, affecting war production, and are told the U.S. War Production Board would be called upon to resolve such a matter. The issue of continuing such labor-management cooperation after the war is discussed. (World War II period)
Celebrations mark the beginning of the New Year in New York, United States. Thousands of merrymakers gather at Time's Square and celebrate. Couples drink and dance in night clubs and restaurants.
Exteriors of Fort Monmouth and its Camp Evans Signal Laboratory in New Jersey. Radar dishes revolving in fenced area. Visit of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, Chairman of Senate Subcommittee investigating "Army Signal Corps Subversion and Espionage.". Among those accompanying Senator McCarthy are Roy Cohn, chief counsel to the Senate Subcommittee , Senator H. Alexander Smith, of New Jersey, Robert T. Stevens,Secretary of the Army, Congressman James O. Auchincloss, of New Jersey, and Major General K.B.Lawton, Commanding General of Fort Monmouth. McCarthy and companions board a Military Air Transport C-47 aircraft to depart.
American athletes take part in various track and field events held at the new Randall's island Stadium on Randall's Island in New York. The athletes, including Jesse Owens, compete to secure their place in the America's Olympic team. Shows athletes taking part in various events including high jump, running races, long jump, hurdles, etc. Thousands of spectators cheer from the stands.
Yankees and Dodgers meet on the 50th anniversary of baseball's World Series. Fan holds up official series program. Fans pour into Yankee Stadium; man in Yankees jacket takes tickets. Managers Casey Stengel of the Yankees and Chuck Dressen of the Dodgers shake hands in dugout before the game. Baseball commissioner Ford Frick chats with Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley in the stands. Starting pitchers Allie Reynolds for the Yankees and Carl Erskine for the Dodgers pose for cameras. Yankees' Hank Bauer seen in close up before hitting run-scoring triple. Yankees' Billy Martin seen in closeup before hitting three-run triple. (Note: Martin would be named the MVP of this series.) Dodger fans look disgruntled until Dodgers come back to tie game with a home run by George Shuba and two-run single by Carl Furillo. But Yankees' Joe Collins put his team back in front with a home run.
National Geographic Society sponsors a balloon flight in Washington, United States. Major William E. Kepner, an army pilot and ballooner and Captain Albert W. Stevens, U.S. Army Air Corps geographic expert stand in front of a diagram which shows a 26-story office building, the shape of the balloon at the time of the launch and after it has reached the 15 mile mark. Captain Stevens explains the diagram.
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